Daily Top-10 Current Affairs MCQs/News (Sep 29 2023) for CSS

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6. IAEA launches report on South-South cooperation

The director general of International Atomic Energy Agency, Rafael Mariano, has launched a publication highlighting the role of Pakistan to strengthen South-South Cooperation through the promotion of peaceful uses of nuclear technology.
The report titled, `Pakistan: Partnering with IAEA for Strengthening South-South Cooperation`was launched on Wednesday at an event on the sidelines of the annual general conference of International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) being held in Vienna

7. India imposes curfew in parts of Manipur

India imposed curfew in the capital and some areas of its restive state of Manipur on Thursday, after scores of students were injured in violence following protests against the alleged abduction and murder of two students, authorities said.
Ethnic violence has plunged the north-eastern state bordering Myanmar into what many security experts describe as an intense civil war fought over land, jobs and political clout between its two largest local groups

8. Karabakh to be part of Azerbaijan as rebels give up

Ethnic Armenian separatists in Nagorno-Karabakh on Thursday agreed to dissolve their government by the end of the year and become a full part of Azerbaijan in the wake of Baku`s lightning offensive.
The dramatic announcement came moments after it became clear that more than half of the rebel region`s population had fled the advancing Azerbaijani forces

9. Israel reopens Gaza crossings after two weeks

Israel reopened crossing points with Gaza Strip on Thursday, allowing thousands of Palestinian workers to get to their jobs in Israel and the occupied West Bank, after nearly two weeks of closure prompted by protests along the border.
Around 18,000 Gazans have permits from Israeli authorities to work outside the blockaded enclave, providing an injection of cash amounting to some $2 million a day to the impoverished territory`s economy

10. Germany, Israel sign `historic` missile shield deal

Israel`s $3.5-billion sale of its Arrow 3 missile defence system to Germany, sparked by security fears after Russia`s Ukraine invasion, is the biggest yet for the small country`s outsized arms sector.
With its armed forces steeled by a tragic history of war, Israel is now the ninth largest exporter of military equipment and technology, according to the Stockhohn International Peace Research Institute